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David Francey

Juno Award-winning folk artist David Francey may have started late, but he’s certainly making up for lost time. A former carpenter and rail yard worker, Francey has become one of Canada’s most loved musical exports, though he’s been on something of a sabbatical over the past year due to issues with his voice. The Scottish-born singer-songwriter and painter, now based in Ontario, is up to album 11 with the release of 2018’s acclaimed The Broken Heart of Everything.

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Fun Home, running at the Varscona Theatre until Saturday, April 20. /Supplied

Fun Home

Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home is a musical about seeing your parents through the eyes of a grown-up, as young Alison wades into her recently deceased father’s past, while also growing to understand her own sexuality. The first Broadway musical to feature a lesbian protagonist, Fun Home brought home five Tony Awards in 2015, including Best Musical. Directed by Dave Horak, with Jocelyn Ahlf, Jeff Haslam, Kate Ryan, Bella King, and more.

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When: Thursday, April 11 to Saturday, April 20. All evening performances at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees. No shows on Monday or Tuesday.

Where: Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave.

Admission: $42, regular; $37, students and seniors. Available in advance from the Varscona Theatre website.

Charlotte’s Web at the Telus World of Science IMAX Theatre on April 13. /Supplied

Charlotte’s Web

It’s early in the morning on Saturday and you’re thinking of changing out of your PJs. Well, don’t; just throw on a jacket, grab the family, and head over to the Telus World of Science for a PJ party to watch the 2006 live action version of the classic children’s film Charlotte’s Web. Get there early enough (8 a.m.), throw down an additional $15 more and you can indulge in a breakfast that includes French toast and bacon, a hot beverage, milk or juice.

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When: Saturday, April 13 at 9 a.m.

Where: Telus World of Science Imax Theatre, 11211 142 St.

Admission: $9.95, available in advance from the Telus World of Science website

Allovers, performing at the Cups ‘n’ Cakes five-year anniversary at the Aviary on April 13. /Supplied

Cups ‘n’ Cakes

Congratulations are in order for local podcasters Cups ‘n’ Cakes, who have been promoting the Canadian (and especially Edmonton) music scene for five years now. They’ll be celebrating the half-decade mark this Saturday night with a blowout at The Aviary, wrangling in fellow civic boosters Sweaty Palms Productions as well. Feed Dogs, The Allovers, and Audio/Rocketry are the musical entertainment for the evening, with DJ Gulzar spinning records between the bands; look for door prizes as well!

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When: Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m.

Where: The Aviary, 9314 111 Ave.

Admission: $15 to $18, available at the door or in advance from Yeglive

They’ve gone through some intense turmoil as a band, but Alice in Chains have soldiered on quite nicely. The Seattle-based grunge outfit lassoed a Grammy nomination for their latest album, 2018’s Rainier Fog, and have managed to reinvent themselves with new vocalist William DuVall, who took over a few years after the death of original member Layne Staley. They’re also branching outside of music with their new streaming series, the sci-fi show Black Antenna, which can be found on YouTube.

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Don’t even attempt to try and pin down Calgary’s Gone Cosmic. The psych-rockers like to slip past musical boundaries, working with elements of metal, jazz, psych-rock, and R&B on their latest album, Sideways in Time. With Borrachera, Mandroid, and Highbernation.

Festival City Winds at Concordia University of Edmonton on April 13. /Supplied

Between Friends

Thankfully the Festival City Winds aren’t keeping their Saturday performance strictly between friends, even if they’re naming it Between Friends. Everyone is invited to the concert, which features a range of music, from traditional English folk songs to Irish lullabies, Beatles songs to ragtime, with Larry Daehn’s A Song For Friends capping the evening. Wendy J. Grasdahl is conducting, with the intermediate 1 and 2 bands performing.

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When: Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Robert Tegler Centre, Concordia University of Edmonton, 112th Avenue and 73rd Street

Admission: $12 at the door; children 12 years of age and under are admitted for $5

Elizabeth Koch and Susan Flook (right), performing with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble at Robertson-Wesley United Church on April 14. /Supplied

Alberta Baroque Ensemble

They’re winding down for the season, but not before one last kick at the musical can. Alberta Baroque Ensemble are bringing Splendor of the Baroque to Robertson-Wesley on Sunday afternoon, and along with it work by composers JS Bach, Telemann, and CPE Bach. Guests for the concert are Elizabeth Koch, principal flutist for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and ESO assistant principal violin Susan Flook.

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When: Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m.

Where: Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St.

Admission: $30, adults; $25, students and seniors; $15, youth. Available at the door or in advance from Tix on the Square

It’s been some time coming, but someone has finally dedicated an entire evening to the works of Dr. Allan Bevan. The Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus and Concordia Symphony Orchestra are combining to present such Bevan works as All Suddenly the Wind, The Souls of the Righteous, and The Time Draws Near, as well as the world premiere of Ancient of Days, which draws mystical poet William Blake into Bevan’s world for a multimedia work that includes chorus, orchestra, soloists, and actors. Guests include actors Timothy J. Anderson and Dawn Sadoway, soprano Janet Smith, alto Kimberley Denis, and baritone Michael Kurschat.

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He’s already got an armload of statuettes to scatter around the house, so what’s one more Juno for Michael Bublé? He’ll have to figure that out; the B.C.-born singer just picked up an award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year last month for his latest album, Love, which, like previous efforts, sold well past platinum status. He’ll be in town on his An Evening With Michael Bublé tour, countering tabloid rumours of an early retirement.

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